India, Nepal to jointly promote tourism

India and Nepal have decided to promote tourism jointly. This was decided at the 2nd meeting of the joint working group on tourism cooperation between India and Nepal here on Friday.

Both sides agreed to jointly promote Buddhist and Ramayana circuits and Adventure tourism.

The meeting also decided to set up an industry-led India Nepal Tourism Forum.

The Indian delegation was led by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism Suman Billa, while Nepalese side was led by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ghanshyam Upadhyaya.

The group was formed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal in 2014 to enhance cooperation in tourism between the two countries.